Strong's Lexicon

H4797

H4797 — מִרזַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmirzachnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 2140a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4797
Word:	מִרזַח
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to scream
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	mirzach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	meer-zakh'
Meaning:	1. a cry, i.e. (of job), a revel
KJV Renderings:	banquet.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7839

מַרְזֵחַ noun masculine^{Amos 6:7} cry ( ᵑ7 מַרְזְחָא mourning- feast; Phoenician מרזח a rel. festival (> usually a month), compare Palmyrene, ClGann Littm, see GACooke^{Inscr. 95. 121
f. 303 and references}; Lzb^{Ephem. i. 47 f. 343 f.} );

Lzb^{Ephem. ii. 231} ברבנות מרזחותה די כמרי בל. —

1. mourning cry (or feast? Talmud מִרְזֵיחָא), absolute ׳ בֵּית מ Jer 16:5 i.e. house of mourning (|| ספד, נוד).

2. cry of revelry, construct מִרְזַח סְרוּחִים Amos 6:7.

רָזִי see רזה . above

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מרזח (mir-zazh’)

Amos 6:7

KJV: Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

EHCC: the banquet of them that stretched